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Great birding day: Swift Parrots et al.

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Subject: Great birding day: Swift Parrots et al.
From: "Matthew Herring" <>
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:52:31 +1000
 
G'day birders,
 
On Saturday just gone - July 3rd - I was very happy to find a minimum of ten Swift Parrots in the old tree plantings around the Thurgoona TAFE, which is about 6 km east-north-east of Albury, NSW. There is just a little ironbark flowering and there are also some Purple-crowned Lorikeets and Black-chinned Honeyeaters getting around. We've had quite a lot of Regent Honeyeater sightings in and around Thurgoona over the years, together with other threatened/declining woodland birds, but never Swifties, at least to my knowledge anyway.The vast majority of the native tree cover in the Thurgoona landscape was planted 15-25 years ago so it is great to see the likes of Regents, Swifties and other threatened woodland birds responding. 
 
David Webb and i had an excellent day after that fine start as we headed west and north into the Riverina. Highlights from the 104 species found included a pair of Black Falcons with a freshly killed Galah near Morgan's Lookout, north of Walla Walla; at least two Western Gerygones at Brittas TSR, west of Walbundrie (unusual in winter); two over-wintering Sharp-tailed Sandpipers and three Flame Robins (becoming rare this far west) near Jerilderie; Freckled (1) and Blue-billed Ducks (6+) at Fivebough, Leeton; and a total of 30 Brolgas at a few locations (just catching the end of the flocking season).
After a long absence from contributing to birding-aus (too busy bird surveying), regards, Matt Herring.
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